My Dinner with Jimi (2003)

The story of Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan is told -- from THE TURTLES to THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION to their solo career.

Director:

Bill Fishman

Writer:

Howard Kaylan

Stars:

Justin Henry, Royale Watkins, Jason Boggs

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Justin Henry	...	Howard Kaylan
Royale Watkins	...	Jimi Hendrix
Jason Boggs	...	Mark Volman
George Wendt	...	Bill Uttley
Brett Gilbert	...	John Barbata
Sean Maysonet	...	Jim 'Tucko' Tucker
Kevin Cotteleer	...	Jim Pons
George Stanchev	...	Al Nichol
Jay Michael Ferguson	...	Brian Jones
Brian Groh	...	John Lennon
Quinton Flynn	...	Paul McCartney
Ben Bode	...	Ringo Starr
Nate Dushku	...	George Harrison
Lisa Brounstein	...	Mama Cass
John Corbett	...	Henry Diltz

Storyline

The story of Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan is told -- from THE TURTLES to THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION to their solo career.

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Plot Keywords:

john lennon | jimi hendrix | frank zappa | character name in title

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Taglines:

If you can remember it, then you weren't there.

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Genres:

Drama | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 December 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Ena deipno me ton Jimi

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fallout Entertainment, Rhino Entertainment Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Wendie Jo Sperber's last movie.

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Connections

References My Dinner with Andre (1981)

User Reviews

Lightweight entertainment

Here's an entertaining little film with one small point to make (maybe one and a half). But it does it in a pleasant way, evoking a nostalgic image of '60s hippies trying to make music, have fun and find a new way in the world. The acting is competent, directing likewise, script is middling but everyone does a good job with it. It's too bad the actors who could portray the '60s attitude are too old for the parts - there's a lot of stereotyping and far-out mugging in attempting to convey the mood of the time. It just doesn't work very well, in my opinion.

I had to go to a bit of trouble to find this on DVD, but finally managed to get it from Germany. If you have a collection of music films from or about the 1960s, this one should definitely be in your collection. If you stumble across a copy, by all means get it. If you're just casually interested, I am not sure a great effort will seem worthwhile, however.

The soundtrack is, of course, completely groovy!